At the 2019 Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, when Feng Xiaogang was about to reach out to shake hands with Yang Caiyu, his wife Xu Fan keenly stopped the action. This seemingly insignificant episode actually reveals the dark history of Yang Caiyu's unscrupulous seizure of power in the entertainment industry.
It all starts with the love affair between Yang Caiyu and Chen Jinfei. Although the age difference between the two is 30 years old, enough to become father and daughter, the ambitious Yang Caiyu boldly asks for joy from Chen Jinfei, the capital predator in the Chinese entertainment industry.
At the beginning, the outside world questioned that she was just making profits, but Yang Caiyu was indifferent to this and confidently responded "We'll see".
Sure enough, with Chen Jinfei's strong support, Yang Caiyu soon got the opportunity to participate in Feng Xiaogang's two movies "Fanghua" and "If Yun Knows", and became a much-loved "Feng girl".
But her small actions also began - Yang Caiyu not only publicly imitated the lifestyle of "fairy sister" Liu Yifei, but even provoked "who is the most beautiful daughter of the Chen family" on the Internet, and was nicknamed "Liu Erfei".
What's even more terrifying is that Yang Caiyu began to blatantly snatch the film and television and endorsement resources that originally belonged to Liu Yifei. She didn't know what means she used to replace "Gravity Reversal", which was originally scheduled to be starring Liu Yifei, with herself; then single-handedly won the Dior brand endorsed by Liu Yifei, and her influence in the fashion industry was also marginalized step by step.
Yang Caiyu is so arrogant and domineering, which naturally makes insiders look at it. This also explains why Xu Fan finally took action to prevent her husband from marrying her, for fear that she would accidentally take advantage of the loophole.
From the little people who eat away at the resources of the fairy sister step by step, Yang Caiyu's ambition can be seen.
Chen Jinfei stabbed the hornet's nest, the sunset fell in love with Waterloo, and Yang Caiyu left the scene in frustration and anger.
In 2021, a photo of Chen Jinfei dating a mysterious woman circulated on the Internet, which hit Yang Caiyu's self-esteem hard. Although the two have claimed to be inseparable from each other, the reality is far more cruel than she imagined.
Tracing their seven-year relationship, Yang Caiyu took the initiative to be courteous at first, and came to Chen Jinfei thousands of miles away, and the other party was also attracted by her youthful vitality, and the two played a "sister and brother love".
With the help of "godfather" Chen Jinfei, Yang Caiyu has already made a careful layout in his acting career. So Yang Caiyu successfully got the opportunity to participate in Feng Xiaogang's two films and star in the hit drama "Dajiang Dahe 2", and even Dior's endorsement fell into her pocket.
Yang Caiyu, who seems to be a winner in life, has already been step-by-step and ambitious. But just when she was complacent, Chen Jinfei turned out to be treacherous and had an intimate affair with a mysterious woman.
In fact, this is not Chen Jinfei's first derailment at all. As wealthy people, they tend to value money and power more than feelings. Yang Caiyu's existence is just his temporary superficial need for youthful flesh, and what really matters is to fight side by side with his wife and jointly dominate the entertainment kingdom.
When he found out that his lover had left and had been perfunctory to himself for a long time, Yang Caiyu was furious and furious. Sadly, the sudden cold reception reflected all the humble prices she had paid before and the shame she had suffered.
She left Chen Jinfei's mansion unequivocally and got rid of his control, but those injuries have gone deep into the bone marrow.
Yang Caiyu's eyeing of Chen Jinfei is just a springboard to take the opportunity to obtain resources. Once the springboard is gone, it is only natural that she will have to find a new path of development. Some people think that she is really in love with this rich man who is 30 years older than her, but now it seems that she may just have unrequited love for Chen Jinfei.
Frustrated and cornered, he relied on the old man to sell old-fashioned money games, forcing Jin Chen to leave the scene helplessly.
Seeing that Chen Jinfei, the benefactor who had put him on the altar, ruthlessly dragged her off the altar, Yang Caiyu's anger can be imagined. She is determined to seize her own "resources" by any means, even if she has to step on the corpses of her fellow travelers.
The TV series "Dajiang Dahe 2" was originally scheduled to star the powerful actor Jin Chen in the role of the heroine Liang Sishen. However, on the eve of joining the group, the director team suddenly turned their faces and didn't recognize anyone, and directly replaced Jin Chen with Yang Caiyu.
Jin Chen was furious that the role was snatched away without warning, and immediately publicly attacked it on social media, accusing Yang Caiyu of seizing power by unscrupulous means.
This is not the first time that Yang Caiyu has cut off Hu Jinchen's starring resources. As early as 2016, Jin Chen was set as the heroine of the costume drama "Martial Arts", but in the end, Zhang Tianai and Yang Caiyu took away this role one after another.
was not only killed by Zhang Tianai halfway, but was also directly excluded by the crew, Jin Chen was furious at that time.
However, unlike Zhang Tianai, who relied on his own agent to fight against Confucianism, Yang Caiyu was obviously more cunning and scheming. With the support of Chen Jinfei's big tree, resources can be easily obtained without any public opinion propaganda.
With her own strength, she not only snatched Jin Chen's starring role in "Dajiang Dahe 2", but also took the lead in the subsequent hit drama "Ode to Joy 3". In contrast, Zhang Tianai can only settle for the next best thing and strive to regain exposure by participating in variety shows.
Although Jin Chen complained about Yang Caiyu's approach, he was helpless. As a fellow practitioner, she also knows the cruelty of the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry - resources have always been a place for the sunrise to set and the exchange of power and money.
Yang Caiyu has developed today with the help of "godfather" Chen Jinfei, and tomorrow may become a stepping stone for others. Therefore, Jin Chen could only bury his anger for the time being, looking forward to the next good opportunity to turn over.
The acting skills are mediocre and blind, the scholar's life background is suspicious, and he is suitable for the mantra?
Although Yang Caiyu got the starring opportunity by relying on relationships, in the final analysis, she still has to rely on her real skills to eat. It's a pity that her performance is really mediocre, and in the eyes of many audiences, she is a "wooden nail board".
Taking the spy war drama "Aiming" starring her as an example, the sadness and self-blame for the loss of her comrades-in-arms should have been shown in the interrogation scene, but Yang Caiyu's facial expression was stiff and cold, and her eyes were empty, which even gave people the illusion that the characters were separated from the scene.
In contrast, her male protagonist partner Huang Xuan used a restrained and low emotional portrayal to vividly present the delicate embodiment of "grief and depression dare not speak", which can be called a superb contrast of acting skills.
This kind of clumsy performance, which is jokingly called "facial paralysis acting", is the same in the subsequent hit drama "Ode to Joy 3". Yang Caiyu's emotional control of the characters is lackluster, and she is completely overshadowed by the other actors around her.
The audience voted directly with their feet, and fiercely "deducted" a lot of her "land".
In fact, Yang Caiyu is by no means a simple "vase" actor. She has shown extraordinary artistic talent since she was a child, singing the theme song of "Nezha" at the age of 12 and being admitted to a top private boarding school in the United States.
Not only did she get A's in all subjects, but she also passed the SAT/TOEFL and other drama exams with high scores, and finally received a master's degree in drama from Columbia University.
Such an excellent academic background and artistic talent are in stark contrast to Yang Caiyu's vulgar performances today. At one point, some people questioned whether she relied on her academic qualifications to "play match-fixing", forcing her to post an admission letter to defend herself.
Some people also compared her with Liu Yifei, claiming that the latter was more sensible and took the initiative to give up the admission to Yale University.
However, regarding Liu Yifei's admission to Yale, the school quickly denied it, making people wonder if anyone fabricated facts on this matter. It seems that it is not uncommon for the entertainment industry to have a devastated "artificial" academic background, and there seem to be some doubts about Yang Caiyu's life experience.